Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-08
SPIRITS,
But NOT OF JUST MEN MADE PER-
FECT."
"A Very Strange Record and Materiaiizing
at "a Seance.

III New YORK with giant strides. A
new medium is in the field, and she is a
very Richmond in the art. The pale.
shadowy, impalpable beings summoned
up from the Vastly deep or down from
the blue dome above. as the case may
be, which are seen at most of the ma
teriali2ing cabinets have no charms
for her. She, like the stout and sturdy
woman that she is, goes in for the
whole thing or nothing. Instead Of
the shrinking spirits that will scarcely
allow a mortal to touch their clay-cold
hands, she produces spirits that hug
n kiss and kick up their toes and
dance the can-can, and talk and eat
and sit on a fellows lap, and whose
flesh has the warmth Of vigorous
human life and the magnetic sympathy
of an ardent nature. The wonderful
medium has not been long in the bust
ness, having graduated from the Onset
Bay spiritualiStic camp meeting only
last summer al thought" she re-
marked to a reporter present at the
search, that naturalization wanted a
boom onward. 1t has not been pro-
crossing as it should. ] saidto my self,
eff spirits can be materialized at all,
why should they not be made strong
and firm so that they could walk
around, talk and give satisfaction TO
their earth friends'2 We wanted
stronger spirits, who could do anything
they had done in earth life. and these
are brought out ~ my cabinet, the only
cabinet in the world where spirits Of
superior development congregate."
This remarkable m Is short and
stout in person, brown eyes sparkle in
q pleasant face and her hair is 50 dark
that when she puts on a blonde wig no
person would recognize her or take her
for the medium. The lady is said to
be a good wife and mother, but with
the assistance Of a mediUmistic young
man she finds opportunity to give
seances three or four times a week in a
fat on Eighth avenue. In professional
kEC Ollc . hAlONh 10 Nlk0' NlOOlC. j III
first popularity OF Mrs. Moore's medi-
umship which the visitor notices
is how she gets into a trance before
she enters the cabinet ct all. In that
condition she goes around the circle
muttering gibberish and acting with
supreme Stiffness. Then she enters the
cabinet and soon after 4 spirit called
Egypta m out and shakes hands
and talks to her. Her extraordinary
resemblance - the medium is explained
by the statement that she is the me-
dinno's sister. This satisfies the ardent
believers. ECyptd makes quite frec
with the sistec'6 i!tMd5 and will squeeze
q fellows hand Ia the heartieSt kind o.
4 way. 1t is only when some scepitc1l
man begins to pinch her limbs too
hard TO find out II they are real flesh
that she puts in any protest, and then
she will only say in the mil lest voice,
don't be SO familiar, please" But If
Egypta takes Z fancy TO a sitter she
will deposit her Very substantial self
in his lap and put his head in chancery
with her arm, and breathe into his ear
soft nothings. Theu Egypta kisses all
the male sitters and weaves lace for
the females and takes her departure,
to be followed by Lucille Western, that
poor overworked spirit who is called
out at almost every Undertaking. caDi-
net in the country. Miss Western
looked very cheerful and vigorous and
declared that this WAS the only cabinet
at which she could fully develop her
self. She said she felt rs good as ever.
The reporter doubted that she was all
solid flesh and intIhaated that she mad
n wooden foot. wtiereupon she Kicked
him on the Sims. and. holding up her
foot as high rs she could raise it, wrlg-
glcd her toes in the dOuhter's face TO
show that she WAS all right in her UNI
derpinning. she declared she would
soon be able TO command strength
enough to annear on the streets and
enjoy herself among her friends as Of
Old. The reD0rtcr invited her to dine
with him at DclmDnic0's and she prom
ised to do so in a short time. She then
brought an apple around the circle and
invited all TO take q bite. A wicked
man, filled with curiosity, put out his
hand to feel the texture OF her garment
Enthusiastically, he said-caught her
by the bare knee. at which she lifted
her foot and gently touched him under
the chin in a playful fashion. Then
appeared a very lively spirit. She came
out to a lady in the circle. She brought
with her some clothing which she
wanted to show. She explained that
ladies' after they had passed to the spirit
life retained their love Of dress. She
brought the garment around the circle
and the newspaper man biuSned deeply
as he inspected il. The spirit then
selected a lady present and began to
dance around the room, which soon
developed into a sort Of can-can on
the part OF the spirit. An old man in
the circle became very enthusiastic and
cheered the spirit on III her high kick
ing. He said it was a glorious mani
feStation Of the truth and power of
naturalization. An amiAble female
spirit came TO the reporter and taxing
his hand led hiIn to the entrance Of the
cabinet, where she talked to him of
love and other things for some time.
The young mar who managed the
seance turned down the light very low
and asked the circle TO give some
singing. Somebody struck up John
Browns Body" and as all the others
Joined in and swelled the chorus, the
spirit gently drew the reporter inside
the curtains OF the cabinet. Thus cut
off from view she lifted the veil that
had covered her face and with bare lips
kissed him rapturou9ly. 1t was a